Old Fox

Old Fox 2023

lǎohúli

Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.

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3.68 Beginner Director Hsiao Ya-chuan IMDb 7.2

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Vocabulary

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zhǐ bu guò only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
sàn a family wrenched apart (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
Tài lái Tailai county in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shèng dàn Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shèng dàn shù Christmas tree Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广 Guǎng yuán Guangyuan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Rèn tiān táng Nintendo Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xiàn zhèng county administration; county regional government Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sotheby's auction house Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
zhōu Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xià yuè next month HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
cái guài it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) ∼HSK 4
tóu kuǎn down payment ∼HSK 4
zhàn pái bus stop sign; train station sign ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
cài dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition) ∼HSK 4
sǎn umbrella ∼HSK 4
鸿 hóng species of wild swan; vast ∼HSK 4
kāi pán to commence trading (stock market) ∼HSK 4
zhàn wěn to stand firm ∼HSK 4